Keith Kurson's personal bloghttps://keith.is/en-ushttps://keith.is/post/redesigning-with-impeccable/https://keith.is/post/redesigning-with-impeccable/I used Claude Code's impeccable skill to bring visual cohesion to a blog that had been through four migrations. What worked, what didn't, and what still needs a human eye.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTfeatureaiweb devcsshttps://keith.is/post/peaches/https://keith.is/post/peaches/A ginger cat showed up shivering against my fence. I named him Peaches like two minutes after meeting him. I knew that was dangerous. And yet.Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTpersonallifehttps://keith.is/post/yahoo-scout/https://keith.is/post/yahoo-scout/Yahoo launched an AI search tool that does something different: inline links that flow with the text like actual hyperlinks. It feels like what search would look like if it was built around AI from the start, but still cared about sending you places.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTaisearchwebhttps://keith.is/post/you-are-the-driver/https://keith.is/post/you-are-the-driver/After years of skepticism and months of daily use, here's what I've learned about actually working with AI coding agents. They're not replacing us, they're just really fast typers who need constant supervision. Plan first, stay engaged, review everything and the craft is still yours.Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTfeatureaicrafthttps://keith.is/post/tufte-sidenotes-in-astro/https://keith.is/post/tufte-sidenotes-in-astro/How to transform standard Markdown footnotes into margin notes with a custom rehype pluginFri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTastroweb devtilcsshttps://keith.is/post/things-that-shaped-me-headbonezone/https://keith.is/post/things-that-shaped-me-headbonezone/Before Subeta, before I knew I wanted to build communities, there was HeadBone Zone – a browser-based kids site that taught me everything about what the internet could be.Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTfeaturenostalgiasubetahttps://keith.is/post/its-shameful-that-apple-has-x-on-the-app-store/https://keith.is/post/its-shameful-that-apple-has-x-on-the-app-store/Apple could change the world overnight by removing X from the App Store. They won't.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTpoliticstechfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/building-my-2025-year-in-review-page/https://keith.is/post/building-my-2025-year-in-review-page/How I built an interactive year-in-review page using Astro's content collections, pulling together blog posts, movies, books, music, and more into a single retrospective. Plus: polaroid selfies, goals for 2026, and lessons about actually tracking things throughout the year.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTfeaturewebdevastrohttps://keith.is/post/space-data-centers/https://keith.is/post/space-data-centers/every few months someone proposes putting data centers in space. it sounds futuristic, the renderings look cool, and then you run the numbers. google just did it again with project suncatcher, so let's talk about why physics keeps winning.Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTtechspacehttps://keith.is/post/css-scope-at-rule/https://keith.is/post/css-scope-at-rule/How to use the new @scope at-rule for targeted, proximity-aware CSS stylingTue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTcssweb devhttps://keith.is/post/html-sanitizer-api/https://keith.is/post/html-sanitizer-api/How to use the new HTML Sanitizer API for secure, library-free HTML injectionTue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTjavascriptweb devtilsecurityhttps://keith.is/post/building-tools-for-the-safety-net-my-year-in-propels-ai-residency/https://keith.is/post/building-tools-for-the-safety-net-my-year-in-propels-ai-residency/After discovering I'm definitely not a "growth team" person and watching Glitch wind down, I'm back in civic tech where I belong – this time in an AI Residency at Propel. We're building tools to help states and SNAP beneficiaries navigate HR1's massive changes, including new penalties that charge states more money for higher error rates. During the recent shutdown, I built crawlers to get real-time benefit updates to folks and created the most comprehensive database of active food pantries using AI tools. It's not the sexy AI that gets TED talks – it's the kind that keeps benefits from being wrongly terminated because we finally taught a system that gig work counts as employment. Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTfeatureworkhttps://keith.is/post/using-the-ail-ai-influence-level-on-the-blog/https://keith.is/post/using-the-ail-ai-influence-level-on-the-blog/Adding a level to pages and posts for how much they've been touched by AI. Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTaihttps://keith.is/post/government-shutdown-2025/https://keith.is/post/government-shutdown-2025/After 40 days (the longest government shutdown in U.S. history) eight Democratic senators broke ranks on November 9, 2025, voting with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution that provided Democrats virtually nothing they had fought for.Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTfeaturepoliticshttps://keith.is/post/scraping-record-club-reviews/https://keith.is/post/scraping-record-club-reviews/automating my music ratings import into my blog using browser automationWed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTjavascriptplaywrightscrapingmusicautomationweb-scrapinghttps://keith.is/post/three-months-at-handshake/https://keith.is/post/three-months-at-handshake/After three months at Handshake, I learned that sometimes the most valuable career experiences are the ones that clarify what you don't want. Despite making great friends and working with talented early career engineers, I discovered that being on a growth team wasn't for me – I'm a thoughtful, document-everything kind of engineer, not a move-fast type. With the mismatch in work styles it became clear this wasn't the right fit. This post reflects on what worked, what didn't, and the lessons I'm taking forward about vetting opportunities and knowing your own work style.Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTfeaturecareerhttps://keith.is/post/pride-2025/https://keith.is/post/pride-2025/A personal reflection on a month that tested us all, in a year that feels like it will never endMon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTblogpridelgbtqfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/revolutions-podcast-recommendation/https://keith.is/post/revolutions-podcast-recommendation/Mike Duncan's latest season of *Revolutions* takes a wild turn into science fiction with a fictional Martian revolution, and it's surprisingly compelling.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTpodcastscience fictionfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/changes-are-coming-to-glitch/https://keith.is/post/changes-are-coming-to-glitch/Glitch is shutting down, and it's a bummer. Here's what I think about it.Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTblogglitchfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/letterboxd-to-markdown/https://keith.is/post/letterboxd-to-markdown/A small node script to create a markdown file for each movie review in a Letterboxd RSS feedSun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTblogtypescriptfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/using-property-for-custom-css-properties/https://keith.is/post/using-property-for-custom-css-properties/How to use @property to define and type your CSS custom propertiesFri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTcssweb devtilhttps://keith.is/post/blog-cli-tool-my-secret-weapon/https://keith.is/post/blog-cli-tool-my-secret-weapon/My small typescript CLI I use to automatically scaffold blog postsTue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTblogtypescriptbloghttps://keith.is/post/joco-cruise-2025/https://keith.is/post/joco-cruise-2025/A week-long cruise with a bunch of nerds!Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTvacationhttps://keith.is/post/css-has-selector/https://keith.is/post/css-has-selector/How to use the new :has() selector in CSS for parent element selectionMon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTcssweb devtilhttps://keith.is/post/css-grid-techniques/https://keith.is/post/css-grid-techniques/A growing collection of CSS grid techniques and examplesSat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTcssweb devfront-endhttps://keith.is/post/advent-of-code-day-3/https://keith.is/post/advent-of-code-day-3/Had to break out the old friend regexrWed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTaochttps://keith.is/post/advent-of-code-2024-day-2/https://keith.is/post/advent-of-code-2024-day-2/Another day of Advent of Code, this time writing safety checking for some kind of schema systemMon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTaochttps://keith.is/post/advent-of-code-2024-day-1/https://keith.is/post/advent-of-code-2024-day-1/It's December, somehow, and Advent of Code has started!Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTaochttps://keith.is/post/building-a-resume-website-with-eleventy/https://keith.is/post/building-a-resume-website-with-eleventy/i share how i built a fully customizable resume website with eleventy, complete with seo-friendly features and pdf generation. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTeleventyweb devfront-endfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/host-a-slideshow-party/https://keith.is/post/host-a-slideshow-party/Hosting a slideshow party etc etcWed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTpartyhttps://keith.is/post/using-easypanel/https://keith.is/post/using-easypanel/EasyPanel gives you a cPanel/Heroku (retro!) way of managing sites, but self hosted. Click to deploy a template, which is thousands of self-hosted services.Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTweb developmentfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/making-microsites-in-2024---eurovision/https://keith.is/post/making-microsites-in-2024---eurovision/Trying to take the time to build more websites, even for small things. Wanted to do more with this one, but, Eurovision was a mess lolTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTweb developmentfunfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/building-with-eleventy/https://keith.is/post/building-with-eleventy/Re(re-re) building my personal site with Eleventy and web componentsMon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTeleventywebfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/writing-a-cli-tool-for-fun/https://keith.is/post/writing-a-cli-tool-for-fun/Removing one of many excuses I usually have for starting a blog postMon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTtypescriptclitoolfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/souring-on-arc-browser/https://keith.is/post/souring-on-arc-browser/In a world saturated with information, the ability to discern credible sources and retain control over our online experiences is more crucial than ever.Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTfeaturechromiumhttps://keith.is/post/you-should-blog/https://keith.is/post/you-should-blog/I miss the internet where everything wasn't fed to me in an 'for you' page. I hope you'll all join me on being a little less self conscious about what I put on the internet in 2024. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTfeaturewritingblogginghttps://keith.is/post/new-year-new-site-part-24/https://keith.is/post/new-year-new-site-part-24/Well, I've done it all over again. Read for the new tech stack (not react).Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://keith.is/post/remix-rss-feed/https://keith.is/post/remix-rss-feed/While working on my blog, I needed to create a rss feed from my posts, and here is how I did it.Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://keith.is/post/how-to-information-at-work/https://keith.is/post/how-to-information-at-work/How to listen and process information at work, leading to stronger relationships and less checkinsWed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTmanagementworkfeaturehttps://keith.is/post/new-year-new-site-part-23/https://keith.is/post/new-year-new-site-part-23/Creating a new site for 2023, focused on writing more and simplifying the process of getting content up. and bigger emojis.Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://keith.is/post/paving-the-way-for-microtransactions/https://keith.is/post/paving-the-way-for-microtransactions/Part one in a series of posts on building Subeta, an early virtual pet game I made as a teenager. Subeta was also one of the first pioneers of what is now called micro-transactions, but to me it was just getting quarters in the mail to pay for something I loved making.Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 GMTfeaturesubeta